The Portland daily press., 1887-05-14

State Of Maine Cattle Commission.

An act to extipate contagious diseases
among cattle. passed by the last legislature
of Maine is now in force, ana lhe loli9Wihs
rules and regulations have been adopted:
Chapter 13S, section !, 0 anu seven arc DO
follows:
Section A-That any person or persons who
shall knowingly and wliully refuse perinissioh 70
said commissioners or either OF tnel 70 iiaAe, VI
who Knowingly and wlfully obstruets SAID COM
missioners or either of them, in making all neces
sary examinations of, and as 10 animals supposeu
by said commissioners 10 pe ar Who Enowinaly AZ
tennis 10 prevent said commissioners, OF eltner
of them from entering upon lne premises muses. anu QUE
said diseases are by said commissioners supposed
to exist. shall be deemed guilty OF misdemeanor,
and unon conviction thereof, or OF either OF the
acts in his section prohibited, shall be punished
by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by
Imprisonment not exceeding ninety says, OF py
both fine and Imprisonment, at the discretion OF
Section 5-That any person who Is the owner Of
or who is possessed Of any interest IN any AMI
mails affected with any of the diseases named In
section two of this act, or any person VINO IS
agent common carrier CONSUMES OF o.nTrwiss y
diseased or exposed to the contagion OF such dis
ease, or any offcer or agent charged with any du-
knowingly conceal the existence of such conta-
gious disease, or the fact OF sucn exposure TO
said contagion and who shall ,knowlngy ana VIII
said commissioners, their knowledge or their In
formation in regard to the existence and location
be deemed guilty of a miSdemeanor, and shall be
punishable provided in section four OF this act.
Section That no person or Or persons owning or
masters of any steam sailing, or other veSs els
within the State, shall receive for transportation
or transport from one part OF the State to another
part of the State, or to bring from any other
State or foreign country affected with any OF the
diseases named in section two of this act, or that
| have Deen exposed to such diseases, especially
] the disease known as tuberculosis, knowing such
cattle to be affected. or to have been so exposed
| nor shall any person or persons, company or cor
poration, deliver for such transportation TO any
| railroad company, or to the master or owner of
anyyessel, any cattle, knowing them to be af-
fected with or to have been exposed TO any OF the
| said diseases; nor shall any person or persons,
company or corporation, drive on foot or trans
another part Of fhe state, any '' Cattle,
| knowing the same TO be affected with or to have
been exposed TO any Of said diseases: Any person
persons violating the provisions of this section
| shall be deemed guilty OF q misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be punished by fine
not exceeding the sum of two hundred dollars, or
| by Imprisonment not exceeding six months, or
by both fine and Imprisonment
| Whenever the commissioners shall inspect and
condemn an animal as diseased, they will cause
| the appraisal of the animal or animals affected
with or that have been exposed to said diseases,
| and the same shall be destroyed and paid for as
provided in Sec. 10. out Of moneys appropriated
by this act, upon requisition made by the commits
sioners, and discussed by the Secretary, upon
majority of their board. Whenever the commits
sioners shall decide animals TO be diseased, or to
| nave DeeU exposed 10 cOnLd8lOu, anu tue OWNER
| refuses to accept the sum authorized to be paid
| under the apprasement provided for in this act,
| the commissioners will declare and maintain a
rigid quarantine of such animals at the expense
of the owner, and also of the premises or places
where such cattle may be found. All notices of
disease among animals provided for in this act
shall be made directly to the Veterinary Inspec-
| tor of this beard, who will by himself or some
| other member of the board, give the same their
immediate attention
The Cattle Quarantine against the States OF
| Massachusetts and New York, ordered by the
old board is hereby continued until further notice
Massachusetts has now nine localities (and per-
haps more) infected with contagious Pleuro-Pneu-
monia, by cattle brought there from New York
and the stock interests of that State are in great
jeopardy. The great diligently which attends the
stamping ont of the infection of contagious Pleuro-
Pneumonia makes it the duty of all to use every
endeavor to prevent its gaining foothold in this
State; but permit TO bring cattle into this State
may be obtained by furnishing to this board full
and satisfactory evidence of non-nfection. AL
other cattle brought into this State without such
permit will be quarantined, as above directed
until this order is cancelled, and any violation Of
this order coming to our knowledge will be prose
| cuted to the full extent of the law.
F.O. BEALS, Bangor, President
w. W. HARRIS, Deering, Secretary and Treas
| urer.
GEO. d. BAILEY, Portland, Veterinary Inspector
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